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GAAD 2025 falls on May 15th this year and we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of events being held all over the world, both in person and online.This event is about raising awareness and encouraging involvement in your organization’s accessibility journey. With the European Accessibility Act fast approaching now is more important than ever to increase the availability of your digital content to readers with print disabilities.
No doubt you have matters in hand. If your organization has an accessibility advocate then this is their chance to build awareness and co-ordinate activities that your teams may be able to take part in whether at home or in the office. Our publishers toolkit will give you lots of ideas and help get you started.
The next Ask the Expert event being held by the APACE projectwill focus on how complex images and data visualizations should be handled.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the topic and ask questions to Kirsi Ylänne, Accessibility Specialist at the Celia Accessibility Library. Drawing on her experience and results from the APACE pilot project, a collaboration between Celia and Helsinki University Press that explored the challenges of complex images, Kirsi Ylänne will share practical tips and best practices for creating accessible images and descriptions.
In this DAISY co-ordinated webinar we will hear from the expert team driving InDesign’s EPUB accessibility improvements. Speakers include:
- Gregorio Pellegrino, Fondazione LIA
- Jonas Lillqvist, Celia
- Laura Brady, Digital publishing + accessibility expert
- Rob Haverty, Adobe
- Richard Orme, DAISY Consortium
Debate about Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, with new and improved services being launched every week and the promise of automating tasks and producing higher quality content. But what might these developments mean for accessible publishing? Do they offer practical solutions, or do the risks outweigh the benefits?
Join us as our panel of experts discuss their experiences of using AI in accessible publishing in a variety of ways, and how the promise of AI might become a reality.
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